What the Black Intellectual Tradition Can Teach Us About American Democracy
Run time: 1 hour
In celebration of Black History Month, this episode of We the People was originally streamed as an America's Town Hall program in Nov. 2023. New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie and political scientist Melvin Rogers explore the ways key African American intellectuals and artists—from David Walker, Frederick Douglass, and W.E.B. Du Bois to Billie Holiday and James Baldwin—reimagined U.S. democracy. Listen now
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